Apparatus for inflating vehicle-tires.



- PATENTED JULYlO, 1906.

M. A. BAKER. A a APPARATUS FOR INFLATING VEHICLE TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28. 1903.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 1 PATENTBD JULY 10, 1906.

M. A'. BAKER; APPARATUS FOR INFLATING VEHICLE TIRES.

APPLICATION IILED-AUG.28, 100s.

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. PATENTED JULY 10, 1906.

M. A. BAKER.

APPARATUS FOR INFLATING VEHICLE TIRES.

' APPLICATION TILED AUG. 28, 1903.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 3 No. 825,572 PATENTED JULYlO, 1906.

v M; A. BAKER. APPARATUS FOR INFLATING VEHICLE TIRES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 28, 1903.

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I MILO A. BAKER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO ALFRED T.

FISHER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR-lblFLATING VEHICLE-TIRES- Patented July 10, 1906.

Application filed August 28, 1903. Serial No: 171,130.,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILO A. BAKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for In. flatin Vehicle-Tires and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to horseless vehicles, and particularly to attachments to motorvehicles for generatin or compressing air or 5 other fluid media; and some of the ob ects of the invention are -to provide such means which will be simple and cheap in construction, while being positive and efficient in operation.

Another object of the invention is to provide means driven from the driving-shaft of the vehicle for inflating the tires upon the Wheels thereof or driven frictionally from the .fiy-Wheel of such vehicle. 2 5

With these and other objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as more fully described in the following specification and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, formin part of this application, in whichigure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a motor-vehicle, showing an application of the invention thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view, partly broken away, showing one form of the invention, which is driven from the fly-wheel of the motor or engine.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, partly broken away, showing a modified form of construction. Fig. 4 1s a detail View of the construction shown in Fig. 2. Fig.5 is a perspective view, partly broken away, showing an application of another form of the invention wherein a flexible shaft is employed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged perspective view, partly broken away, illustratingthe constructionof the pump and driving mechanism shown in Fig. 5; and Figs. 7 and8 are detail views of the end of the engine-shaft and flexible shaft, respectively.

Similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, reference character 1 designates a fiy-wheel of a motor or engine preferably mounted on a horseless or motorpropelled vehicle, although the invention is not limited to use upon such vehicles, as it is capable of varied uses and applications,

Formed on or connected with the hub of the fly-wheel is a frusto -conical disk or internal member 2 of a clutch,. the exterior member 3 whereof is mounted on a shaft 4, whereon is mounted a frame 5, preferably provided with cylinders 6, in which may be mounted suitable pistons having piston-rods 7, connected, preferably, with a slotted crosshead 8, movably engaging'a pin or stud 9 upon a crank 10, keyed upon the shaft 4, substantially asillustratod in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

A frame or hanger 13 may be attached to the vehicle in any suitable manner and may support shafts or studs 12, passing through or engaging bearings 11 in the ends of a movl able or traveling frame, and in the hanger l3 1 is mounted a shaft 1%, having yokes l5, rigidly secured to the extremities thereof, provided with a handle or handles 16, by means of which the shaft H is oscillated and the yokcs 15 are forced against the frame 5, thereby pressing the exterior member 3 of the clutch into engagement with the interior member 2 thereof, so that the shaft 4 is m fated by the movement of the fly-wheel, and the crank on said shaft imparts a reciprocating motion to the cross-hcacl 8, carrying the piston-rod 7, as will be readily undeistood by those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains.

Connected with the cylinders 6 in any suitable manncr are flexible or other tubes 17, adapted to be connected, preferably, with a pipe 18, communicating or constructed to be connected wilh the lleviblc tube or pipe 38, attiu-lniblo with valves 2-17 upon the tires So ofthe wheels 35 ofthe vehicle, whereby the air forced from the cylinders may be conducted lo such tires, and the latter may be inflated or dilated by means of the power generated by the engine or motor of the vehicle without the necessity of inflating such tires by manual labor as ordinarily done.

Adrertingnow particularly to the construc- 1 tion illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of the draw-i and 4 of the drawings. I

The cylinder 27 is preferably constructed to oscillate on the pin or pivot 28, mounted on the-frame or plate 29, constructed to be suita ly e ur d upon the ame o runninggear of a vehicle, and the closed end of the I cylinder is preferably provided with a tube or nozzle 30, having a check-valve and to which is connected a flexible pipe 31, communicating with a reservoir or tank32, which may be provided with a pressure -gage 3.3 an with a nozzle or tube 34, adapted tov be connected with the valve of the tire or tires of the vehicle when it is desired to inflate the same.

In Figs. 5 to 8 of the drawin sthere is illustrated an automobile provid with suitable wheels 35, ha ng inflatable time 3.6, provided with a valve 37, constructed to receive a flexible tube or other device 38, which may be connected with a cylinder 39, desirably provided with a stirrup or other device 40 for retaining the same in osition durin the operation thereof, as wil be readil un erstood. Formed on or connected with t e cylinder or stirrup i an e tension 41,. te minating-in a disk or circular plate 42., through which passes a stud or shaft 43:, whereon is an inter nal or external gear, preferably an internal goa m hingwith and. driven by a pinion shaft 4], construct to be removably connected by means of the angular extrem ty 48thereoi, Fig. 8, with the recessed end at the motor or engine shaft 49 said shaft 42} being rovided with an I eferably I II nlar recess PF thereof, substantially as illuss .111, one 61 'trated in Fig. 7 of the drawings.

Movably mounted upon the crank-pin 50,

formed on or connected with the internal gear 44, is a piston-rod 51, connected with the piston 52, operating in the cylinder 39,

preferably mounted on the lower portion of the extension 41, and said cylinder is prefer- I abl provided with a relief or popv va'tve' 53 an with a thrceewey valve 54, one outlet whereof may be adanted to receive the flew: ble tu e 38, substantially as shown in Fig. 5

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The operation of this inventionwill be readily understood from the toreg' description when. taken in connection witthe a c pa yw a d further ex t dr w. s.

will no itlaerequirod I The power of the motoror wire upon the ve 'ole may be utilized when t' vehicle F is street to pum up or inflate the tires upon the Wheels of t e vehicle after the flexible such tires in the usual manner.

It is not desired to limit or confine this innation, and arrangement of parts herein ficetions of the same as come Within the spirit and scope .ofthe invention.

.I 'claim be]: of a power-driven vehicle, of a guide fixed and complementary air-com ress mechanism carried thereby, said cylin ng upon said guide and means whereby the cytindor is movable on said guide toward and from the rotatable membe gi ton and act ating mechanism,- said cyliner being movably mounted relative to bed-frame, and provided with a member to be driven, and means whereby the cylinder a g uide air-comp essing mechanism mounted on 594 guide and having a driven member adapted E shaft to actuate the air-compressing mechpressed air to the tires ofthe vehic e.

4. A. vehicle provided with inflatable tires,

tubes have been connected' with the valves of.

shown and described, and the right is reserved to make all such changes in and modi- I to the vehicle, a pump including a. cylinder- .to be disconnectibly connected with said 45 upon a shaft 46, mounted eccentrically in anism, and means for conveyln h comsaid di k and carryin a flexible extension or j vention tothe Specific construction, -combi- I 1. The combination with a-rotatable mem- I der mounted 2. .The combination with a. rotatable mom-f be: of a power-driven; vehicle, of; a. bedrfirame fixed to. the vehicle, a prime-cylinder with its with its p ston. and actuating mechanism is ,adrivin device fcrthevehicle having ashaft,

ed. to the which, complementary i a, motor. to propel the vehicle, a.

i to said vehicle, inflating apparatus mm.-

ed on said uide and including a cylinder and piston, ai cylinder having air-conduct! head and normally disengaged am said motor constructed. to be for therewith to operate saida I status.

6. A motor-vehicle prov-1 ed; with a dr veshaft, cylinders having pistons andpiStQW with said rods, :a. crank engaging saidcross head, connection between saidcyhnders' and I I0 .means adapted to detachably connect.

5. Avehiolo providedwitliinflatable tires nd m normally engagin I can cross 0 into engagement rode, an intermediate cross-head connected I "slotted cross-head engaging said pin, c linders, pistons therein aving piston-r0 s in engagement with said cross-head, and means connecting the cylinders with the tires of the vehicle.

8. A vehicle provided with a motor and a, fixed guide, a fluid-pressure cylinder andac tuatingjmeans therefor shiftable relative to said guide, Whereb it may be connected with or disconnecte from the motor.

9. A vehicle provided with propelling means, a disk, an inflating apparatus including a cylinder and piston and actuating means connected with said disk, and means for effecting the operation of the parts through the connection of said disk.

10. A vehicle rovided with pro elling means havinga sl iaft, a clutch mern er secured thereon, another clutch member having a crank, inflating devices, a cross-head engaging said crank and connected with said devices, and means for forcing said clutch members into engagement to operate said devices. 1

-1'1."A vehicle rovided with propelling means, a movab e frame having a shaftmounted therein carryin a crank, a crosshead connected with said crank, fluid-pressure devices attached to said cross-head, a hanger having guides for said frame, a shaft in said hanger carrying yokes to o erate said frame and means for effecting tl ie engage ment of said frame and propelling means. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, at Los An eles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of Ca ifornia, this 20th day of August, 1903.

MILO A. BAKER.

Witnesses:

FRED L. BAKER, H. I. MORROW. 

